Suzanne Evans is a lawyer and journalist who is completing her Ph.D. in history at the University of California, Berkeley. Her writings have appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and other national publications. She lives in Newport Beach, California.
This book is essential reading for everyone interested in the
underlying dynamics of the disability rights movement.... Without
knowing our own history, we cannot fully comprehend the depths of
prejudices that continue to define disability today.
*Laurence Paradis, Executive Director, Disabilities Rights
Advocates*
Forgotten Crimes is an essential, unique and careful study of the
Nazi euthanasia program....The author...reminds us of the dangers
of all discrimination against the disabled.
*John Weiss*
One of the least known aspects of the bestiality of the Nazi
regime: tens of thousands of German handicapped were exterminated
and many others sterilized. An important book about the destruction
of the medical ethics by a totalitarian regime.
*Radu Ioanid*
Evans…concludes that…the suffering of the disability community…must
never be forgotten. If you read this book, you'll remember.
*Quest*
A pioneering, long overdue record of Nazi Germany's campaign
against the physically and mentally disabled.
*Virginian-Pilot*
Scholarly assessment and reflection.
*Bookwatch*
Provides a quick and interesting introduction to the situation of
people with disabilities during the Holocaust.
*H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online*
Forgotten Crimes recounts in brutal detail the history of the Nazi
campaign of extermination against Europeans with disabilities.
*Review of Disability Studies*
An absolutely compelling piece.
*Disability Studies Quarterly*
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